18 Two Letters on Indian Inscriptions. [No. 1. 



Two Letters on Indian Inscriptions. — By Fitz E. Hall, M. A. 



[We have received the following letters from. Mr. Hall, in America ; 

 —they were enclosed in a letter, dated Troy, New York, Nov. 17th, 

 1859.— Eds.] 



Calcutta, April 22nd, 1859. 



To the Secretary, Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



Sir, — My agent in this place has instructions to make over to you, 

 in my name, an inscription-stone, now on its way hither from Bena- 

 res. This monument I wish to present to the Museum of our Society. 

 It was found among the ruins of Patan, a decayed city near Eatgurh 

 in the Saugor District. 



The inscription, as you will see, is well-nigh effaced. With some 

 distrust, I read the beginning of it as follows : 



faff: I #*RJ UU T$ TfrT^Jl^ref^ *= 31t;t I 

 f%farrfwftiT5n^r: ^w^wt^t: i 



c Auspiciousness ! Year of Samvat, 1115 : Thursday, the 8th day of 

 the dark fortnight of Phalgima. 



1 May S'ambhu's son — with exudation falling on his cheeks, with 

 brilliant tusks, protector of the earth, checker of all darkness, waving 

 his ears, adorned with a mace-like proboscis, obdurate as adamant, 

 potent in removing mental impediments — protect you !' 



All the rest is abundantly doubtful. Even the little that I have 

 decyphered of it may, therefore, admit of correction. According to 

 my reading, there was a Brahman in the west, apparently a royal 

 personage, by name Kandukadripa, of the Vasala ( ?) gotra and Ud- 

 gara anivaya ; and among his ascendants was one Rama. Kanduka- 

 dripa's wife was called Savitri ; and this pair had issue two sons, 

 Purukarva (Purukarya ?) and Mahodadhi ; and a daughter Lakshmi. 



